Shell Flowers

We have decided to make shell bouquets for the wedding. These are some of the inspiration photos that we have found online:

These bouquets run around $150 - $200 each. They could get mighty pricey if you figure 1- Bride, 3- Bridesmaids and 1-Jr. Bridesmaid. That could take the better part of $1000.

I made these out of some of the shells. I think we will probably
use these in the Bridesmaids' bouquets.
( 33 of them)

We found some shells at Hudson's in Ridgeland and had some left from when we made a heart on the beach with shells for the proposal. We will probably get family members to pick up a few specialty shells up from one of the stores when they go to the beach this month.  I have separated the shells into bridesmaids and bride by picking the whitish shells out to use in Alanna's bouquet.

These are Alanna's shells (They are whiter than they look in the photo),
I got the lace and the flowers off of a old wedding dress that Alanna
 had gotten off Ebay.I am thinking of using the flowers in the bouquet
and using the lace to wrap the handle with

These are the shells we will use for the bridesmaids bouquets.

I will keep you informed of the progress and evolution of the bouquets.

What do you think about these ideas?